NYC70AN065

NTSB accident investigation · Cessna 172 · Missing Aircraft · January 3, 1970

Accident · FatalClosed
Date
January 3, 1970
Place
Missing Aircraft · MISSING AIRCRAFT, UN
Injuries
1 fatal
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Unknown
Aircraft
N7829UCessna 172
Status
Completed · report December 7, 1970
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
138187

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NTSB brief

NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1396   70/1/3    MISSING AIRCRAFT    CESSNA 172          CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             STUDENT, AGE 50, UNK/NR
        TIME - UNK/NR                  N7829U              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          WESTERLY,RI                 EAST HAMPTON,NY
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           UNDETERMINED                                             UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        REMARKS- ACFT DAMAGE,PLT INJURY,DATE OF ACCIDENT PRESUMED.

Aircraft

Registration
N7829U
Reported as
Cessna 172
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Destroyed

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.